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Professional Web APIs with PHP. eBay, Google, PayPal, Amazon, FedEx, Plus Web Feeds

ISBN: 764589547
EAN: N/A

Year: 2006
Pages: 130

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• Table of Contents
• Back Cover
• Professional Web APIs with PHPeBay, Google, PayPal, Amazon, FedEx, Plus Web Feeds
• Introduction
• Who This Book Is For
• How This Book Is Structured
• What You Need to Use This Book
• Conventions
• Source Code
• Errata
• p2p.wrox.com
• Part I: Web Feeds
• Chapter 1: Introducing Web Services
• Defining Web Services
• Why You Should Use Web Services
• Summary
• Chapter 2: Introducing Web Feeds
• What are Feeds?
• Important Considerations When Using Feeds
• A Crash Course in XML
• Looking at a Basic Feed
• Standard Feed Formats
• Summary
• Chapter 3: Consuming Web Feeds
• Consuming Your First Feed
• In-Depth Feed Consumption
• Keep a Copy of the Feed Structure
• Retrieving and Storing the Feed
• Dealing with XML Namespaces
• Further Securing Your Feeds
• Dealing with Broken HTML
• Putting It All Together
• Using Your Recorded Feeds
• Some Web Feed Providers
• Summary
• Chapter 4: Producing Web Feeds
• Why Do You Need to Produce Feeds?
• Summary
• Part II: APIs
• Chapter 5: Introduction to Web APIs
• REST or SOAP?
• Introducing REST
• Introducing SOAP
• Summary
• Chapter 6: Interacting with the Google API
• Introducing the API
• Sample Transaction
• NuSOAP
• Simple Search Interface
• Enhancing Results
• Monitoring Search Usage
• Fudging Google Results
• Case Study: Monitoring Keywords
• Example Application: Multiple Domain Search
• Summary
• Chapter 7: Interacting with the Amazon API
• Introducing the Amazon API
• Utilizing the Amazon API
• Personal Store
• Summary
• Chapter 8: Interacting with the FedEx API
• Registering to Use the API
• A Few Notes about the Testing Environment
• Your First Call
• Determining Which Services Are Available
• Making a Rate Request
• Shipping a Package
• Canceling a Shipment
• Tracking a Package
• Accepting Returns
• Summary
• Chapter 9: Interacting with the eBay API
• Registering to Use the API
• Basic REST Request
• A Useful REST Request
• SOAP
• Other Options of Note
• Summary
• Chapter 10: Interacting with the PayPal API
• API Usage Overview
• Creating a Payment Badge
• Instant Payment Notification
• Transaction Details Request
• Transaction Search Request
• MassPay
• Summary
• Chapter 11: Other Major APIs
• National Weather Service
• Flickr
• Del.icio.us
• Summary
• Chapter 12: Producing Web APIs
• Planning the API
• Example REST API Structure
• Example SOAP Structure
• Summary
• Appendix A: Supporting Functions
• Appendix B: Complete Feed Specifications
• Definitions
• Appendix C: Development System
• phpinfo()
• Building Dependencies
• Index
• A
• B
• C
• D
• E
• F
• G
• H
• I
• J
• K
• L
• M
• N
• O
• P
• Q
• R
• S
• T
• U
• V
• W
• X
• Y
• Z